The Sower Luke 8:1-15

This post discusses the Sower scattering the word of God.

God scatters His word on everyone.

The reception of His word depends upon the heart of the receiver.

The Sower is a parable Jesus told to a large crowd. (He travelled with the twelve and several women who supported them financially.)

Firstly, He told this parable about the results of the word of God.

Luke 8:5-8, “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. … some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it… some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Firstly, this parable means that God, the Sower, sends His word forth to all kinds of people, some anxious to learn, others not. The scattered seed fell on four kinds of soil or hearts of men.

At the end, Jesus called the audience to think about His meaning— “he who has ears, let him hear.” Jesus meant that the interested person would delve deeper into the meaning.

Then, the disciples asked about the parable. So, Jesus explained that parables cause those interested to think deeply about the meaning. Others who did not care enough to ask, remained in the dark.

Next, Jesus explained that the word of God, the seed, falls onto the soils, the hearts of people.

The hearers on the path allow the devil to take away the word from their hearts. Those among the rocks hear gladly but do not develop roots or depth in their hearts. So, they fail when tested. The hearers among thistles begin to live as Christians. But temptations destroy their good intentions. The good-soil-people take the word into good and honest hearts and bear fruit with patience.

So, what do we learn from this parable?

Chiefly, Jesus uses parables as a method of sifting his disciples into two groups, those who wanted to learn and those who did not.

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